The Mexican Year BookMexican Year Book Publishing Company, 1922 - Mexico |
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... Selected Bibliography . .515-518 Index 519-524 MAPS 1. Reference Map of Mexico .. 2. Mining Centers ... ..Opposite Title Page ... 258 3. Pánuco - Tuxpam Oil Fields .. ..291 SECTION I - HISTORY AND GEOGRAPHY HISTORICAL SUMMARY I. BEFORE.
... Selected Bibliography . .515-518 Index 519-524 MAPS 1. Reference Map of Mexico .. 2. Mining Centers ... ..Opposite Title Page ... 258 3. Pánuco - Tuxpam Oil Fields .. ..291 SECTION I - HISTORY AND GEOGRAPHY HISTORICAL SUMMARY I. BEFORE.
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... mining claims , and high political favor . Another unusually strong motive , especially in the early years , was the lure of romance and of the fabulous . A few years ago , men were seeking to invent flying machines and wireless ...
... mining claims , and high political favor . Another unusually strong motive , especially in the early years , was the lure of romance and of the fabulous . A few years ago , men were seeking to invent flying machines and wireless ...
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... mining centers was one of the most effective causes of actual Spanish expansion . In the wake of the miner came the stock - raiser , with his princely ranges and his unnum- bered thousands of long - horned , free - running cattle ...
... mining centers was one of the most effective causes of actual Spanish expansion . In the wake of the miner came the stock - raiser , with his princely ranges and his unnum- bered thousands of long - horned , free - running cattle ...
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... mines . To supply this particular industry , the mita system developed along with the encomiendas . Under this sys- tem , whole Indian communities were transported from their established homes to distant mining centers and compelled to ...
... mines . To supply this particular industry , the mita system developed along with the encomiendas . Under this sys- tem , whole Indian communities were transported from their established homes to distant mining centers and compelled to ...
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... Mining , farming , stock - raising , and sugar - making were the chief industries of the country . All civil and military authority , except where the towns possessed some slight measure of inde- pendence , was lodged in the hands of ...
... Mining , farming , stock - raising , and sugar - making were the chief industries of the country . All civil and military authority , except where the towns possessed some slight measure of inde- pendence , was lodged in the hands of ...
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Page 438 - The Mexicans who, in the territories aforesaid, shall not preserve the character of citizens of the Mexican Republic, conformably with what is stipulated in the preceding article, shall be incorporated into the Union of the United States, and be admitted at the proper time (to be judged of by the Congress of the United States...
Page 438 - Those who shall prefer to remain in the said territories may either retain the title and rights of Mexican citizens, or acquire those of citizens of the United States. But they shall be under the obligation to make their election within one year from the date of the exchange of ratifications of this treaty; and those who shall remain in the said territories after the expiration of that year, without having declared their intention to retain the character of Mexicans, shall be considered to have elected...
Page 425 - It shall continue and remain in full force for the term of ten years from the day of exchange of the ratifications, and further, until the end of one year after either of the contracting parties shall have given notice to the other of its intention to terminate the same...
Page 437 - ... to the point where it strikes the southern boundary of New Mexico; thence, westwardly, along the whole southern boundary of New Mexico (which runs north of the town called Paso) to its western termination; thence, northward, along the western line of New Mexico, until it intersects the first branch of the river Gila...
Page 136 - Art. 83. The President shall enter upon the duties of his office on the first day of December, shall serve four years and shall never be reelected.
Page 424 - In order that the Consuls and Vice-Consuls of the two contracting parties may enjoy the rights, prerogatives and immunities which belong to them by their public character, they shall, before entering on the exercise of their functions, exhibit their commission or patent in due form to the Government to which they are accredited: and, having obtained their exequatur, they shall be held and considered as such by all the authorities, magistrates and inhabitants in the consular district in which they...
Page 446 - Hidalgo, thence as defined in the said article, up the middle of that river to the point where the parallel of 31° 47' north latitude crosses the same, thence due west one hundred miles, thence south to the parallel of 31° 20...
Page 438 - The river Gila, and the part of the Rio Bravo del Norte lying below the southern boundary of New Mexico, being, agreeably to the fifth article, divided in the middle between the two republics, the navigation of the Gila and of the Bravo below said boundary shall be free and common to the vessels and citizens of both countries; and neither shall, without the consent of the other, construct any work that may impede or interrupt, in whole or in part, the exercise of this right; not even for the purpose...
Page 435 - In the name of Almighty God: The United States of America and the United Mexican States, animated by a sincere desire to put an end to the calamities of the war which unhappily exists between the two republics, and to establish upon a solid basis relations of peace and friendship, which shall confer reciprocal benefits upon the citizens of both, and assure the concord, harmony and mutual confidence wherein the two people should live, as good neighbors...
Page 496 - ... upon such evidence of criminality as, according to the laws of the place where the fugitive or person so charged shall be found, would justify his apprehension and commitment for trial, if the crime or offence had there been committed...